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Mercer appoints outsourcing head for Aust/NZ

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012
... the outsourcing market business leader for Australia and New Zealand, responsible for administration and services such as Mercer Super Trust, corporate stand-alone clients and industry and public sector funds. Mercer's outsourcing business holds nearly ...

Stronger Super makes trustee role unappealing: Mercer

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2012
... fund trustees in the proposed Stronger Super legislation will make the role less appealing and raise costs, according to Mercer's submission to the Federal Treasury. In responding to the Exposure Draft: Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Trustee Obligations ...

AMP Capital appoints new portfolio manager

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2012
... said AMP capital investment director, multi-manager and investment solutions, Sean Henaghan. Burke joins AMP Capital from Mercer where he was head of investment management for Australia and New Zealand focusing on multi-manager investment business and ...

Agile, flexible portfolios big winners for instos

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012
... Investors will need to move quickly in 2012 as macroeconomic factors significantly impact investment outcomes, according to Mercer's outlook on the coming year. Portfolio flexibility and real-time governance models will be key to better results for institutional ...

Investors looking backwards: Mercer

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2012
Australian investors are biased towards local shares and looking backwards, according to Mercer, which released its investment report ranking the best performing fund managers and sector results. The Australian sharemarket fell 11% in 2011, with Mercer ...

Aussies have more faith in super: Mercer

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011
Australians are the happiest they've been with the super funds since December 2008, according to new research from Mercer. The Superannuation Sentiment Index shows a nine point rise in overall "sentiment score" between December 2010 and September 2011 ...

Mercer highlights allocation dangers

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
... allocation strategies to handle volatility despite dangers in overweighting or underweighting asset allocations, according to Mercer's Quarterly Market Valuation and Review. The Review discussed the impacts of uncertainty around European markets on riskier ...

WHK appoints Mercer, Macquarie Private Wealth

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2011
Large accountancy firm, WHK, has appointed Mercer and Macquarie Private Wealth to provide research and execution support to the $6 billion firm while a new head of research was also named. As a result of an extensive market review, WHK appointed Mercer ...

Perennial lands Mercer mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011
In a revision of its Australian Socially Responsible shares manager line up, Mercer has appointed a mandate to Perennial Growth Management to manage its Australian shares sectors. Perennial Growth now has about 37.5% of the Australian Shares Socially ...

Mercer appoints new senior portfolio manager

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011
Mercer has made a new senior appointment to its investment team in Melbourne. Stuart Birkett is joining the firm as senior portfolio manager, where he will head up Mercer's multi-manager equity portfolios, reporting to chief investment officer for Asia ...